Gujarat Riots- Zakia Jafri's Plea Against Clean Chit To Narendra Modi- LIVE UPDATES From Supreme Court Hearing

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23 Nov 2021 11:10 AM IST

  • Gujarat Riots- Zakia Jafris Plea Against Clean Chit To Narendra Modi- LIVE UPDATES From Supreme Court Hearing

    Supreme Court to continue hearing today the petition filed by Zakia Jafri challenging the SIT's clean chit to the then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi & other high functionaries in the #GujaratRiots of 2002.A Bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar is hearing the matter.On November 17, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Zakia Jafri, contended that...

    Supreme Court to continue hearing today the petition filed by Zakia Jafri challenging the SIT's clean chit to the then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi & other high functionaries in the #GujaratRiots of 2002.

    A Bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar is hearing the matter.

    On November 17, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Zakia Jafri, contended that the crucial aspects of the tragic incident were not investigated by the SIT appointed by the Supreme Court. He emphasised that the evidence required to establish the elements of a larger conspiracy had been overlooked by the investigating agency. Evidence was not collected and those collected were not analysed, which Mr. Sibal noted would lead to the inference that something was hidden or protected by SIT.

    Arms gathering and bomb manufacturing across Gujarat was not investigated according to Sibal. The secret meeting of the political organisations on the night of 27.02.2002, the day before the dead bodies in the Godhra tragedy reached Ahmedabad, was also overlooked by SIT, argued Kapil Sibal. The police inaction and coercive action of the PPs were also not adequately investigated, said Kapil Sibal on the last occasion.

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    • 23 Nov 2021 2:37 PM IST

      Sibal: Next (2009) 1 SCC 441 at 466 para 67.

    • 23 Nov 2021 2:36 PM IST

      Sibal: Any conduct for causing harm would be conspiracy. My argument is that, it is not for me to demonstrate that. A person who imports arms illegally, one who distributes them - one may not know the other, but they are conspirators because the object is unlawful.

    • 23 Nov 2021 2:32 PM IST

      Sibal: (2001) 7 SCC 596 at pg 606 para 23.

      Mr. Sibal reads out the said judgment, which deals with conspiracy. 

    • 23 Nov 2021 2:32 PM IST

      Sibal: Had the SIT looked into all these I would have had no grievance. We are at a stage where no investigation is done.

    • 23 Nov 2021 2:31 PM IST

      Sibal: That’s a seminal judgment on what conspiracy is.


    • 23 Nov 2021 2:26 PM IST

      Sibal: If you attack a community, the object is to attack a community. Even if there was no communication, still would be termed as conspiracy because the object is unlawful.

    • 23 Nov 2021 2:25 PM IST

      Sibal: Conspiracy can be established seldom directly, and is a matter of inference.

    • 23 Nov 2021 2:24 PM IST

      Mr. Sibal read out (2003) 8 SCC 461 Nazeer Khan v. NCT of Delhi, which deals with conspiracy.

    • 23 Nov 2021 2:24 PM IST

      Sibal:The Supreme Court never said look at larger conspiracy. It said file a chargesheet based on evidence and try the accused..It(SC) was looking at the various offences that were committed. No Court can determine today how large the conspiracy was (due to lack of investigation)

    • 23 Nov 2021 2:24 PM IST

      Sibal: There is prima facie proof reflected from Tehelka record itself. Question is who all were involved. That would only depend on investigation. That is why we are asking your lordships that there should be some investigation.

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